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ATHENS COTTOITj
THE WEATHER:
nOLIOAY—NO MARKET
Clear Tonight a;id Tomorrow.
ATHENS, GA* TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 6, 1928.
rflts Sunday-
County Polls Crowded By Voters
TIPPETT PRAISED
FOR FRANKNESS
ON HIS STAND
OR HERBERT HOOVER?
j A splendid instance of how the
public can misunderstand public
utterances is shown bp the reac
tion to Dr. T. W. Tippett's ser
mons on Law Enforcement and hit
Statement yesterday clarifying his
portion. As his statement said
yerterday, Dr. Tippett is still for
the 18th Amendment and wi'l op
pose? any thango in the Constitu
tion ■tm that score. When ha was
preashing his law enforcement
sermons r. large part of the public
misunderstood them as Anti-Smith
sermons. He contends that they
Were not. Ho stiil opposes Smith’s
stand for a change in the 18th
... jttaendmont on moral grounds, but
ports from towns and WHS
Cities to.d Oi unprece- removed as an issue into today’s
dented crowds at tho iWJS5SJW
polls. 'Kepi, dican leaders and the an-'
Bright sunny weather prevailed! nouncemont that Andrew Mellon
throughout the state. i would aueceod himself in chugo
[ /Voters thronged the polling of pn*K>ition in event of Hoover's
S M i, in city and country pre- elect!*. Therefore, Prohibition as
after one of the most spirit- " ’wKv.i issue is removed in Dr.
npaigns the state has known Tippett’s judgment. However. !>•
I Sms Mind: t i i r Georgia's t* Tppett, pointed out thw be., would
rjarSorgl votes. - ■ ' 1 T" -I,t ’'-'. c t# upuuse any .ci.angc m
With n potential vote of about the Volstead Act or Prohibition
r&0,COO in the state, the record Amendment, no matter who L
vote of 106,817 east in 1916 was elected.
expected to be exceeded. .1 , He is being ’’cussed” by extrem-)
I, the most populous cities of ist of beta suits lor his "flop”
'the state the greatest rush of vot- which - wasn’t a “fiop" at all. His'
—* *r f* J — **■- serraona may hava created the
impression mat ha was lor Hoo-
— andi against Smith, because at,
t time prohibition waa conaid-'
ATLANTA, Ga.—(AP)
—The heaviest vote in
Georgia’s history was in-j
Voting in Athens Tues
day* was running about
the same as it did in the
primary election earlier
in the year with about
1,000 votes having been
polled in the three boxes
up to noon. The total vote
was estimated at about
2 000 in the city and 500
in the rural precicnts.
The nira? prechct : closed
;f. 1:00 o’clock, whifT
Athens, Winterv’lle and
Whitehall remain •••pen
until G:00 o'clock.
Democrat i-.- v. ’.in'l th*,
i ;!/.( ! a' fro:u two t»>
cnc. R-gulsr republi-
“Anti-Smitli Democrats'*
gether in the fight
he democratic noavneea
•becking together. Many
0 negroes registered in
and
active near
the crowds grew.
Macon, countv seat of Bibb
county, reported that 1,000 of the
county’s registered voc* of 7,000
bad been cast Tn the first hour
of balloting.
Advices from Moultrie, Thomas?
▼ille, Brunswick, Cordsle, Athens,
Savannah, Columbus, Augusts, Al
bany and other cities said the,
morning vote was the heaviest on
record.
of- the 176 ........ .
the county had voted by
some of them
the polling places and ..
stated that they were un nimous-
ly voing the republican ticket,
with but exceptions.
Perfect weather was encourage
ing the voters to turn out whi'e
[ the keen interest in the cam*
paign spurred other to vote. Hard*
• ly any interest was manifest dur-
I ing the day in the amendments be-
^ ing voted on. Many voters
scratched the entire list or left
them unvoted rather than read
i them. Others voted for all of
. them or scratched all of them at
' will, it- was stated.
, Green Confident.
Thomas F. Green, Jr, demo
cratic chairman for Clarke eovn-
*>. static early m the afternoon
»but he fully expected an over-
.vhelming majorit r for Smith anJ
Robinson. Members of his various
committees and many other lead
ing democrats of the county were
on hand at the polls and were
working for the success of tho
nominees.
Many of the ministers of 4
city weve active «n behalf of the
SUBSCRIPTIONS TO Y.M. C. A. FUND
ARE COMING IN; “OLD TIMER” LAUDS
PHYSICAL DEPT. OF ASSOCIATION
POINCARE CABINET
TENDERS ITS
RESIGNATION
FAIR WEATHER
!> BRINGS OUT
BIG VOTE J
HOOVER WINNER
IN NEW ASHFORD,
FIRST TO VOTE
PARIS, France —(UP)— The
Poincare cabinet resigned Tues
day.
The resignation of the entire
cabinet came after radical-social
ist ministers had presented their
resignations earlier to Premier
Poincare.
Premier Poincare, who was call
ed to head the government on Jtdy
3. 1920, in an attempt to save the
rapidly declining franc, decided to
resign from the government rath
er than face the opposition that
was bound to come Tuesday after
noon when parliament opens.
! T. Forbes, Jr., director. The Y.
1 M. C. A. budget til's for 113,000
1 this vear, of which 310,000 is for
Maintenance. Subscription card,
have been sent to all' friends and
supperten of the association.'
The following atatement on the
value of the Y. H. C. IL physical
trainin' ddnartment written by
an “Old Timer” Indicates the im
portance attached to this depar-
—hy /.tlur..' ir.d pro
fessional men:
(By Am Old Timer)
One of the nvist interesting and
valuable phases A (he Y. M. C. A.
7 •- ztr
Few
people will realise that this league
eta. Senator Robinson at
Rock and Senator Curtis at
f; ATLANTA, Ga. —(UP)-r Gen
erally fair weather in tho south-
east marked election day.
Temperatures were moderate
■along tho Gulf and Southern At
lantic coast,- was markedly lower
NEW ASHFORD, Mas,.—(UP)
—The entire population of this
village has voted, twenty min
utes after the polls opened at
6:00 a. m„ ’and the returni show
ed:
Hoover—28. *
Smith—3.
The 31 votes cast .in the presi
dential contest represented 100
percent of New Ashford’s regis
tration.
In 1024 this village gave 20
for President Coolidge and 4
vote* for John W.’Davis.
air. r.. i. cumin, or., one ot tn.
most colored men of CIsrke coon-
ty, pioneer citizen, public offict
holder and business mun, liked ami: no stance attached to tnts dc
honored by ail who knew him, died by Athens business and
at the home, 140 Mell street, Mon- ”■
day night after an illness of sev
eral months. Mr. Smith was 71
yean old and had lived in Athena
al: of his life.
-For several terms ha was a
member of city council, a I
two term waa mayor of Athan,
In the Appalachaln region.
KEW TORK— (UP<— The na.
lion's kirxest city had more than
9,000 .pedal guard,' around the
Itolla Tuesday aa some 2,000,000 per
sons recorded their choice for the
next president.
The entire force of the New York
police department wsetordered out
for uctlv duty until the final vote
la counted In New York elty. That
meanr about 8,ooo policemen.
In addition, l.oooo special deputy
attorneys general were recruited
for duty.
One of the nv»t interesting and
(Turn to Paas mi)
.Jphysical training program is the
and for | Iday. ground tali league. Fstr
Athens people will realise that this ’ _
ears was really had its beginning tweaty-
:y. Un- four years ago. However, at that
ity took time, it was strictly an Indoor
Ittlng in league.
paving Since 1017 the league has been
i of of- an outdoor affair, or as it Is eail-
Ciayton cd, play-ground bail. During the
any oth- time it has been running, hnn-
better- dreds of Athens boys and men
am. He have participated, it furnishes
•t Pre— tecreation and ixereite to the men
and K. of Athens during the summer
to ccrnc- months, when-most of us ure in
ter since dined to give up our regular ex-
of Ath- erclee. The fact that there ie
o terms, keen rivalry among the teams
ly years composing the League, and that
eras also playground ball is really a very
for the interesting and oxciting game,
thgre i, an Incentive to the mem- .
« con- bers of the osaoeiation to enter Election offieiala reported an
at. 11 and-thus they are furnished with let up in the voting because of. tbs
l rTirn tn MM (It) Min.
DEATH THREATS
MADE IN TRIAL
OF JOSE T0RAL
IUNTINOTON, ,\V. Va- —(UP)
1 detachment of atato troop*
re ruehcd lino Logan county
. . . — *- -- pousible mob
15,000 GUARDS
ARE PLACED AT
CHICAGO POLLS
Tuesday
virtnu^.
The militia whs r
Circuit Judge Robert I
ocrat* who charged 81
Hatfield, a republican,
Used 200 special depu
tkm, duty. * A
Sheriff Hatfield, in
tanoe 'telephone
changed Judge falan<
POLLING PLACES
ARE SWAMPED BY
EARLY BALLOTING
MEXICO CITY, Mexico —(AP)
—Threats made at the trial *»f
Jose De Leon Toral nnl Mother
Concepcion, caused the govern
ment to have troops read/ Tuet-
dav. The jut/ was contemplating
resigning.
Toral is on trial for killing Gen
eral Obrcgon. The ‘hun is accused
of being an accomplice.
Threats of death were mired at
Csie of the deiense attorneys when
n group of men threw the court
room Into an uproar and shouted.
• for elec- CHICAGO — (UP) — Guarded
by 16,000 city and federal offi-
long dls- cials, over 1,000,000 Chicagoans
nveraatlon, turned out Tuesday to cast their
,-t?- r Don vote in national, state and city
rbrmerj sheriff, with tuu j elections.
rmed forces. I The C*ear note of bugles called
iBrntcdi report 1 received I Chicago to the pol’s. Dozens of
h*ge deacriwa thebilleged hwuamo Boy Scouts were stationed at the
of pistol carrying licenses to both voting places with their bugles
democratic and rrrtubliean election I sounding the call to duty.
I Clear weather aided In bring*
out the. iifg out what promised to be the
city’s largest vota.
DENVER, Colo. —(UP)— Poll-
ing places here were swamped i;y
early morning voters Tuesday and
indications were that the heaviest
vote in history will be cast ov?r
the entire state.
Newspapers attempting to di
rect voters to the proper points
were swamped with calls half
hour before the polls opened.
NEW YORK —(AP)— Arnold
Rothsfein, big tim© gamblei, who
has been a prominent figure in the
city’s night life for many years
and whose activities the officials
have investigated on several oc
casions, died Tuesday, refusing in
accordance with the code of the
underworld, to reveal the identity
of h^alayer.
Chafin,
OKLAHOMA CITY, Okla.
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